Local history books

Born in Hong Kong, Bernie Wong moved to the United States in the early 1960s to attend college. A decade later,...  Read More >>

The brainchild of an obscure Yugoslav physician, Krebiozen emerged in 1951 as an alleged cancer treatment. Andrew...  Read More >>

Black Revolutionaries is an accessible yet rigorously argued history of the Black Panther Party (BPP), one of the...  Read More >>

Black Revolutionaries is an accessible yet rigorously argued history of the Black Panther Party (BPP), one of the...  Read More >>

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A bilingual edition of poetry that provides a unique window into Cuban émigré life. A rare glimpse into the history...  Read More >>

Elmer Thomas (1876-1965) represented the people of Oklahoma in the state's first legislature and in Congress. This...  Read More >>

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A bilingual edition of poetry that provides a unique window into Cuban émigré life. A rare glimpse into the history...  Read More >>

Investigates the way in which South Carolinians, Patriot and Loyalist, managed to reconcile their bitter differences...  Read More >>

The unvarnished history of America's most notorious palace and its American queen.  Read More >>

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As the ultimate getaway destination in the country, Key West offers visitors picturesque lodging, spas, dining,...  Read More >>

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Few people today know that the forty-sixth state could have been Sequoyah, not Oklahoma. The Five Tribes of Indian...  Read More >>

A lavishly illustrated look at some of Boston's most historic buildings, now available in a new, updated edition....  Read More >>

The London Year is a refreshingly unique take on this marvellous city, featuring the best cultural events taking...  Read More >>

Your guide to the remarkable history, and ongoing popularity, of cider in the Commonwealth. A cultural phenomenon...  Read More >>

Collected here are not just simple, mindless recitations of schools and workplaces, marriages, and mourners bereft....  Read More >>

Featuring rich storytelling, generous illustrations, historical and contemporary photographs, and detailed maps...  Read More >>

In Struggling to Learn, June Manning Thomas, revisits her life growing up in the midst of the civil rights movement...  Read More >>

In the first-ever narrative history of this important American watercourse, John S. Sledge weaves chronological...  Read More >>

As America's oldest merchant ship still afloat and the only wooden survivor of the once-vital whaling industry,...  Read More >>

Bill Crawford thought his modern-day Republican Party would lift Mississippi off the bottom, a notion born of Gil...  Read More >>

The creation story of the Sahniš, or Arikara, people begins with a terrible flood, sent by the Great Chief Above...  Read More >>